The Goddess

Bridegroom, dear to my heart, Goodly is your beauty, honey-sweet, Lion, dear to my heart, Goodly is your beauty, honey-sweet. Bridegroom, let me caress you, My precious caress is more savoury than honey, In the bedchamber, honey-filled, Let me enjoy your goodly beauty, Lion, let me caress you. My precious caress is more savoury than…

Let’s get a few things straight. If you are a Christian you might want to sit down for this… This one of the oldest images of Jesus, the founder of Christianity. He is called Christ Pantocrator, painted on wooden board in the sixth or seventh century. This image is in the Monastery of St. Catherine…

You might be wondering who the woman is in the photo. Well, that’s me circa 1997. This was an exciting moment for me in the Acropolis Museum, Athens, gazing for the first time at something I had studied at university. Nothing compares to seeing something in the flesh. I stood there and teared up, getting…